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Seminole State College was established in 1965 with a campus in Sanford, Fla., and has grown to include four campuses -- Sanford/Lake Mary, Oviedo, Altamonte Springs and Heathrow. More than 32,000 students attended the college in 2012, and more than 4,500 degrees and certificates were awarded. Seminole State began offering bachelor's degrees in 2009.

This spring, the two key words for Theatre Downtown could be storage and Fringe.
Frank Hilgenberg, the artistic director of Theatre Downtown, and wife Fran moved out of their longtime building on Orange Avenue on Feb. 1. They took with them everything...

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Congratulations to Seminole State College of Florida’s Fine Arts Theatre, which was recognized on Feb. 15 with tributes from Sanford Mayor Jeff Triplett and U.S. Congresswoman Corrine Brown for the completion of its 10-year series of plays by...

SANFORD — When Amber and Alex Babcock got married several years ago, they decided to give each guest a whimsical gift: A mustache on a stick.
Now, they have turned their Sanford home into a center for the mustache-on-a-stick industry.
In an upstairs...

In “Radio Golf,” August Wilson seems even more reflective than usual. The play, onstage at Seminole State College, is the last work in his 10-play “Pittsburgh Cycle.” It was finished not long before his death from liver cancer in 2005, and the...

When the curtain rises Friday on "Radio Golf," Seminole State College becomes one of just a handful of theaters nationwide to stage an award-winning 10-play series chronicling the African-American experience.
The decadelong presentation of...

LAKE MARY – Nick Westbrook woke up Wednesday and took one more long look at the old ESPN Weekend poster he took home from Disney’s Wide World of Sports as a wide-eyed youngster.
It’s been on his bedroom wall for years, with a scribbled note from his...

The University of Florida has Albert E. Gator.
At University of Central Florida, it's Knightro.
While Seminole State College of Florida may not be a powerhouse in athletics (the Sanford-based school only competes in baseball, softball and...

Southern belle. Businesswoman.
With a lilting Southern inflection to her voice, and an affinity for hugs, the former vice president of marketing and business development for the Seminole County Regional Chamber of Commerce flourished where the two...

Seminole County Public Schools strives to continue to be a leading economic driver in our community by providing innovative opportunities for students that will inspire them to achieve success in the constantly evolving 21st-century global economy.
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Two years ago, Seminole County launched a $1.4 million effort to help the homeless after a blistering report on "60 Minutes" showed needy children sleeping in trucks and families living week-to-week in run-down motels. On Tuesday, county...

Both C.J. Lamar and Zack Sharp have had some interesting twists to their college recruitment during their senior seasons at Lake Mary. Both, however, are happy to be able to say they are committed to Bowling Green.
Lamar, a 6-foot-2, 208-pound running...

There was Nikhil Patel's name printed in the scientific journal alongside other researchers who have devoted decades studying their fields and already collected their PhDs.
The journal's editorial staff knew little that Nikhil was different.
Nikhil...

More than a dozen people were arrested in recent days as part of a multi-agency sting targeting child pornography in Central Florida, the Florida Department of Law Enforcement announced Monday.Danny Banks, the special agent in charge of the FDLE office in...